sed with cancer. >> i am living to see two more doctors get married, dance at their wedding and hoisted that lnmbardi walz *. >> he was not expected to speak to the team. he felt well enough to speak to the team. he will begin a second round of chemotherapy this week. another hour of news starts at 6:00. "live, and in hd, you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. >> one final day of campaigning before voters head to the poll. brianne carter will be live with what to expect in the final 24 hours before election day. >> there is concern about the cold weather in new york and new jersey. >> it is looking like a beer but it is not.

good morning to you washington. >> let's get right to jacqui jeras. >> good morning, kind of a cool start out there with temperatures hovering near the freezing mark. this school trend will continue for -- until at least the middle part of the week. our -- our temperatures are about 10 degrees below average. wasn't it great to see the sun finally yesterday? we're tracking the storm that will move toward the coast by middle of the week. we will have more on that in just a minute. 43 degrees at reagan national right now. we will warm up to about 50 degrees by this afternoon. >> good morning metrorail had broken down piece of equipment

in the direction of stadium armory. across the american legion bridge you can see only two lanes approaching us coming out of virginia into maryland. if you're going from tyson's toward the american legion bridge an ax and has two lanes blocked. we are busy on the baltimore washington parkway. let's get the latest update from newschopper7. they are now letting the right lane get by. you might want to use interstate 95 to avoid that but we are about 24 hours away from one polling places will open. >> president obama and run their planning to campaign in several states today before going to their election day home bases. >> it is hard to believe that this is the last day of

campaigning before voters had to the polls for election day. in less than 24 hours, voters will have their final say as they had to the polls to pick a president than i have not made up my mind yet they will. >> president kabbalah will hold events in wisconsin and ohio and vice president joe biden will be in virginia. mitt romney will make stops in florida, ohio, and new hampshire and paul ryan will be in colorado, nevada, and iowa. >> i know what real change looks like. it's because i fought for it. it's because i delivered it. we cannot give up on it now. >> you would hope that president a bomb would live up to its promise to bring people to get it to solve problems but he has not. i will. >> latest poll shows the race is deadlocked. 49 percent of likely voters

support obama and 48% support romney. it seems the polls are just like that. tens of millions of people have already cast ballots thanks to early voting. that will have an impact on any of the still undecided voters. >> we are tracking problems at the polls from now until the polls) let us know if you see any problems. visit our website at wjla.com/poll problems. an earthquake rattled new jersey a short time ago. >> jummy olabanji is live at the news desk. >> this earthquake happened just after 1:00 this morning in the town of lynwood new jersey.

it is not too far away from manhattan. it is close to the epicenter of where hurricane sandy hit last week. the earthquake was 3 miles below ground. officials and residents felt tremors in the upper areas of their home and saw the walls vibrate. this area is still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane sand with down the trees and wires and power out. these images we are getting now is hurricane send the damage in mahwah. you can see the kind of damage they had last week and just before 1:00 this morning people feeling tremors from this earthquake which was two. 0.

2.0. that does not appear to be any more serious damage but we are keeping an eye on it. >> thank you. along slow recovery from super storm sandy continuous. the death toll has climbed past 110. officials say about 2 million people still don't have power as the temperatures dip into the 30's and 20,000 people in new york city could become homeless. new york city schools will reopen 10 days after the storm. >> have no idea how hard it is to go through our christmas items or pictures of the kids. it is so hard. >> drivers are still facing long lines at gas stations.

fema has set up 10-distribution areas in the new york city area. >> state and county roads are open in a western maryland in garrett county after two feet of snow was dumped. about 5400 homes and businesses are still without power and the maryland army national guard has been helping with the recovery there. we are following new developments after howard university student was attacked at knife point in our own dorm room. police caught the suspect as some students have raised concerns about security in >> not only will buried -- whether the extra counseling on campus but also extra security after this violent attack at howard university. the 19-year-old female student was attacked at knifepoint and sexually assaulted in her own dorm room. the man was seen on

surveillance video. he has been arrested. there has been two separate attacks over the past week. is supposed to be a secured building. students and staff held a closed-door meeting over the weekend to discuss the issue and the university has beefed up its 24-hour security. we talked about the original attack that happened before the one here. a woman was in her home and stabbed multiple times. she was able to fight off her attacker before she was sexually assaulted. both women were treated and are expected to survive. it is very alarming at howard university and they say they are troubled by what has happened and the police chief cathy lanier says the suspect would not -- says us -- if the suspect

was not caught, he would have struck again. >> still ahead, the new york giants failed to deliver a win for fans. angry birds for politics -- we will tell you about a new video

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>> you have probably played a big game,"angry burrs." >>"angry voters"is a new game. the game's creator says the opinions are collected by a polling company and sent out a real politicians. >> it is the time of year for politics and cold weather. >> remember the big foam bricks? people are ready for this to be over but election day is tomorrow and the good news is that the weather looks ok around here. we will be watching for wet weather to the south and the pacific northwest. we of cold temperatures to day and a freeze warning in effect until 8:00 this morning.

temperatures are close to the freezing mark. 27 degrees at wisp ski resort. we've got a little bit of cloudiness. hopefully, most of your plans will be okay today. there'll be a choppy pattern across the nation today. around here should be fine, 48 at 5:00. >> 40 degrees right now. >> coming

>> you are watching"good morning, washington." >> a preliminary hearing begins today in washington state before a u.s. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 afghan villagers. nine children were among those killed in the event last month. he will appear in a military court room in washington state and a hearing could last as long as two weeks to determine whether he will face a court- martial. he could get the death penalty. >> four people are dead and seven others hurt in a head-on crash that happened in elk grove, calif.. and as to the carrying nine people crossed the center divider. it collided with an oncoming car in both drivers and two passengers in each car were killed. >> there is amazing video of a crash that involved a utility

truck and a freight train. >> you never expected to see this on camera. the train smashed into that truck. the truck was destroyed. both men who were in the truck are fine. the driver told police he did not see that train coming. >> 6:17 so let's check in with jacqui jeras. >> for those of you that don't like the cold, next weekend we will see 60's back so hang tight. we're cool this morning. there are some freeze warnings that a been put in place and that has been dropped for some northern counties but still hanging in there for culpeper, rappahannock, and fauquier county.

but cloud cover is keeping the temperature is just warm enough. 42 degrees at reagan national. notice how bright it is out there? sunrise is now at 6:30 a.m., a whole hour earlier. our temperatures 39 degrees at dulles and 32 in culpeper. you can see the areas that are close to that freezing mark. there's a big trough of cold air that has been in place for about three days and will continue to sit there and we will see development of a coastal storm. it will drop into the deep south and pull up to the north. that will bring us some rain and

some wind and impact the northeast and there is concern about additional beach erosion or coastal flooding. we will watch the track of that closely and we may see a few snowflakes by wednesday morning. 47-52 degrees and tonight it will be downright chilly again. tomorrow morning, colder than this morning. >> we are in college park along the beltway. it is cool outside but it is not unusually cold nothing we have not felt this season. 42 degrees but those clouds are definitely keeping us insolated. we have clear conditions but colder inthe luray area.

let's look forward to the next several days. that coastal storm will happen wednesday-thursday and that is a chance for any kind of active weather. it looks like that will bring rain maybe even next with snow. the exact track of that season will be critical. it may depend on the elevation where the higher you are in upper montgomery county, for example, the better chance you have of seeing snow. we will keep you updated throughout the next couple of days. >> we have a couple of problems. if you leave the tyson's area, the inner loop heading toward maryland is there is a crash. this is live for you on the inner loop of the american legion bridge. only two lanes were getting by

from the toll road. into maryland. the baltimore washington parkway is another trouble spot. there was a multiple car crash and u.s. park police say there were up to seven cars involved. northbound 95 is a better alternate. >> thanks so much. post-sandy cleaning efforts could help boost the u.s. economy. >> good morning a lift from hurricane sandy as the construction industry should get a boost from the rebuilding. analysts say that could raise u.s. economic growth a little early next year. the hurricane may keep gas prices falling. you would not know from the long gas lines and demand decreased after the storm.

the weekend box office benefit from the superstar with a strong opening for "wreck it ralph." it took in $49 million. the new james bond film has pulled in almost $300 million overseas and is headed for a u.s. opening of almost $80 million.

>> coming up tonight at 5:00, abc cameras could a prayer looked inside the only church of scientology. we take you inside so you can decide for yourself tonight at 5:00. >> the time is 6:25. the redskins are heading into a by week after a three-game losing streak. >> unfortunately, cam newton got the best of robert griffin iii. the panthers won 21-13. rg iii finished with 253 yards passing but no scores.

there were 13 penalties in the game for the redskins. the atlanta falcons are the only undefeated team in the nfl. atlanta beat dallas 19-13. the redskins are off next week. >> hopefully, they will be prepared to. >> the division-leading giants host of the steelers at the meadowlands tonight. new york could not deliver for the catastrophic-strappe ned. the giants' head coach called lost disappointing for the team and the fans. he was wearing a new jersey had

in the first half. >> we wanted it emotionally to win the game. for all of our neighbors who are struggling and needs type -- some type of inspiration but we did not provide it. >> the giants and steelers players refused to blame sandy for any of the poor play on the football field. today is a day of giving for helping out her consent to victims. >> we will donate $1 to the american red cross for every person likes our facebook page. be a part of our effort. >> beacon just click a button. still another half-hour of "good morning washington." >> both presidential candidates are making their final pitch to [

mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis. look, the reason i'm in this race there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future

generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republin or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message.

>> time is running out to win over voters and we go live to where president obama and the romney campaign the day before the election. >> it is a cold start to the week but there is a warm-up on the way. it is monday morning november 5. >> we're looking forward to a warm up so let's check in with jacqui jeras to find out when that will arrive. >> it will not happen until the latter part of the week. we will stay below average by about 10 degrees for the better part of the week.

friday, saturday sunday it look better. look and our roof camera shopt over the kennedy center. it is brighter earlier now we have set our clocks back by one hour. 37 degrees in gaithersburg and 36 in westchester, down to 30 in culpeper. temperatures will stay in the 40's for most of the day and we are cloudy and more sunshine by deception and our high should reach 50 degrees. we will have more on the seven- day for cost coming up. >> good morning, metrorail is getting back on track after a broken down piece of equipment near d.c. stadium/armory.

through laurel, 95 works better instead of baltimore-washington parkway. we had to this accident with seven cars involved only one lane getting by. it is just bumper-to-bumper north of the beltway. across the american legion bridge, an accident is gone but it is slow coming out of tyson's. >> are big story this morning -- a very busy day for president obama and mitt romney on the eve election day. >> the president will campaign before heading back to his hometown of chicago and mitt romney it will visit to virginia and new hampshire. >> it is down to the wire today. it is the final day of campaigning before people had to the polls to pick a president. people have cast ballots in early voting.

tomorrow election day is finally here. the candidates are making their final pitch and they will be crisscrossing of the swing states today. obama will hold events in wisconsin and ohio and vice president joe biden will be here in virginia. mitt romney will make stops in florida and ohio and paul ryan will be in colorado, nevada, and iowa. each one of them is trying to make their last minute effort to get out the vote. >> you've got a choice to make. it's not just a choice between two parties or candidates, as a choice between two different -- two different visions of america about put aside all the speeches and all the ads and all the attacks and look at the record. talk is cheap but a record israel and it is burned with real effort. >> throughout the weekend candidates have been talking about -- pundits have been

talking about today expect to come out in the swing states. most of the polls show that the race is essentially deadlocked. >> abc 7 is your home for the best election night coverage. we have our reporters on the ground and are covered starts tuesday at 7:00 p.m.. >> in the aftermath of hurricane center, there are more problems expected. people in new york and new jersey could be hit with a nor'easter on wednesday. drivers are dealing with long lines for gas and power has not returned to hundreds of thousands of people. the new york governor says the state could face a massive housing problem. >> students are raising some concern at howard university

about security after a student was attacked inside her dorm room. >> we're talking about two violent separate attacks just blocks away and the police chief says she is convinced that this man would have struck again if he was not arrested the second attack alarmed the campus here at howard university. it was friday when a 19-year-old female student was attacked at knifepoint. she was sexually assaulted inside her own about a week before, there was another woman in her home, about a block away and she was also attacked and stabbed multiple times. the brutal attack on the campus of howard university has prompted school officials and students to take action every female student was attacked at knifepoint and sexually assaulted in her own dorm room. >> i could not even sleep in my

room that same night. >> this man was seen on surveillance video and he has been arrested and charged with two separate attacks for the past two weeks. the school is investigating how he made his way into what is supposed to be a secured building. students tell us id checks but don't always happen. >> i can go in and come out whenever i want. they don't ask me anything. >> students and staff held a closed door meeting over the weekend to discuss the issue as a jury has been beefed up all dorm's. >> i feel i little bit better knowing what they are doing but many of our questions are still not answered. >> more security has been put on campus. the first victim was able to fight off her attacker before she was sexually assaulted. >> in the day ahead, drivers can speak out about a bill to reduce speed camera finds in the

district. one d.c. council member will close that meeting at the wilson building and she co-sponsored the bill to reduce fines and create a more transparent warning system. before any tickets are issued. 6:37 and still ahead politcio will join us as to what to expect in the final 24 hours

>> the support for hurricanes and the victims are pouring in. anheuser-busch is the selling -- sending thousands of cans of drinking water to the area. company officials estimate they will produce and ship 40,000 cans of drinking water. >> that will come in handy. let's take a look at the forecast. >> are big weather had line is that we have an unusually cool temperatures. it will stick around for a number of days but we have some changes along the line. let's go to doug hill. >> a good part of the sun was up

a few minutes ago. fauquier county south and west toward and across the blue ridge, they have colder temperatures in the 30's. 30 -- 42 in the city right now. areas have clear skies and colder temperatures like of the great lakes. some clout in this around this morning that is helping keep the temperatures where they are. that will move out to and we will set the stage for another coastal system taking shape late tomorrow and possibly bringing us rain and gusty winds wednesday into thursday. on this monday, sunshine will start to develop and be partly cloudy throughout the day with ties in the upper 40's. wednesday evening into thursday parts of the area might be wet

with perhaps some snowflakes. >> good morning that is fine heading into town in the district. just volume. let's go to baltimore-washington parkway dealing with a crash that had seven cars involved. they needed a number of tow trucks to get those cars out of there. the delay is just north of the belt way past 197 so a better option is to use 95. >> that is 6:42 and 40 degrees out there. president obama and mitt romney are making their final campaign stop ahead of election day. >> we will check in with mike allen from a politico.

>> we're just 24 hours from when the polls are going to open for the 2012 presidential election balmacaan debate quoted several swing state before heading home for election day. this is the last campaign crunch effective in swaying undecided voters. we will talk with mike allen for some answers. virginia is a big swing state and virginians say they have been bombarded with e-mails and television ads. does it stand? >> it looks like it is tied and there has been a persistent edge for the president. historically every poll is not

wrong and that's what makes the obama people more confident than the republicans. smart people would not be surprised to seek mitt romney win if we were pulling this wrong people. -- pulling the wrong people. - polling the wrong people. both sides are bluffing a little bit talking about how confident they are. the events that we see are almost all to excite their on people and make sure they get out to vote. people have not decided now? really? >> we see so many nationwide polls that is neck-and-neck in record amounts of money spent on

advertising. can anything happen in the last 24 hours for either candidate? >> the republicans will say that sandy gave the president a boost to work as commander in chief. this is perhaps the closest race of our lifetime. this is one we know can go either way. other races have been close but this one we know is close. sometimes we are wrong but sometimes we know who will win but we really can't say that this time. >> do we expect to have a winner at the end of tomorrow night?

>> it could continue. unlike most people, i will protect -- i will protect about 11:00 p.m., we will declare a winner. i think we may see the same person win in many states. >> we will see if you are right. >> thanks a lot. >> o'clock 48 is the time and let's check in with jacqui jeras. >> the weather should be good for voters tomorrow. you could say a beautiful shot as the sun comes up. let's go to doug hill. >> we will promise you a little sunshine this afternoon with temperatures pretty chilly this morning.

colder temperatures are to the west. the numbers range from below or 40's to 30's. we will have a slow clearing trend this afternoon and increasing clouds late tomorrow because of energy coming across the coast of the carolinas. it looks likely bet we will get some breezy conditions and a cold rain developing wednesday. here's a quick look at what is happening for today with temperatures around 50 degrees and the next seven days shows the cold gray may and with perhaps snow flakes mixed in and a warming trend for this weekend. >> thanks so much. 6:49 and 40 degrees outside >> [ mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis. look, the

reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the fututure generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need hato have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message.

>> 6:52 and time for a look at the monday express'. >> brianne carter is up first. >> it is the final day of campaigning today after what seems like more than a year on the campaign trail. president barack obama and mitt romney will be hitting the

crucial swing states, trying to wrap up as many last minute votes as possible. we know that tens of millions of people have already cast ballots during early voting and we will keep an eye on what could be a long election night. >> there is extra security this morning at they howard university campus every 19-year- old female student was attacked at knifepoint and sexually assaulted inside her own dorm. a 19-year-old man not a student, has been arrested and charged with a separate attack last month. police are trying to figure out how he gained access. >> a small earthquake 2.0 struck new jersey at 1:00 and 19 this morning. it struck a community that is already dealing with power outages. officials say there are no reports of additional damage. >> here is what you need to know

-- >> if you get caught on camera speeding in d.c., most likely the fine will be cheaper. fines on speed cameras are being lowered by $25. >> tomorrow is election day and polls open in virginia at 6:00 a.m. and will stay open until 7:00 p.m.. election officials going in the middle of the day to avoid the beat -- before and after work crowd. >> abc 7 is driving $1 to the american red cross for every person who likes our facebook page 4 sandy relief effort. go to our facebook page. >> we will check in with adam

caskey. >> live in college park about good monday morning to you, a little bit chilly but the clouds had moved overhead. that has insulated us overnight and kept our temperatures around 40 degrees. where it is clear, that is where it is colder. in central virginia, they have that clearing sky and is down to 20 degrees. 28 degrees in charlottesville. when the clouds move out, temperatures drop. let's look at the forecast with jacqui jeras. >> it is definitely on the cool side and it will be tough to warm up today even with sunshine this afternoon with temperatures of around 50 before the day is done. we have some changes in the seven-day forecast. we have a coastal storm developing that might bring some

rain and a little bit of snow makes and we'll bring you up-to- date on any changes and everybody wants to know when the warm-up is -- be patient, we will not see it until the weekend. >> we have been struggling on the baltimore washington parkway. it is bumper-to-bumper from the belt way into laurel as a seven- car crash is being cleared. it is a much better option to go on 95. >> thanks so very much and that will do it for us. >>a very special "good morning america"is and up next. >> for continuing local news, tune int